Wendy Cummins founded Agave HR Partners in early 2020. Throughout her career, Wendy has held a passion for developing teams, for recruiting top talent, and for coaching and mentoring leaders. Wendy began her Human Resources career in corporate banking and learned the value of creating excellent people processes to attract, develop and retain top talent even during the challenges of a global economic recession . Wendy later transitioned to an HR adjacent career as an employee benefits consultant. In that role, Wendy helped small and mid-sized business navigate change during the height of healthcare reform!

While working with these small and mid-size businesses, Wendy had an opportunity to share the best practices she had learned earlier in her human resources career. The human resources functions in many of these businesses were either being managed by an HR director with insufficient support staff of their own, or by an office manager or financial controller wearing many other hats. Sometimes the HR role was being filled by the business owners themselves. Wendy saw an opportunity to take some of the burden off these employers in a way that would ultimately benefit their teams and the culture of their entire organization.

Regardless of Wendy’s official job title throughout her career, clients, colleagues, and fellow community members have turned to Wendy for advice regarding all types of HR concerns, including compliance, recruiting, change management, leadership development, risk management, and employee benefits.

When the country went into lock-down during those first weeks of the pandemic, Wendy was on speed dial for many of the business owners she had worked with over the years. Focused on helping people during that unprecedented time, Wendy saw that moment as the perfect time to start Agave HR Partners!